RoyBoy17
Team Captain
- Aug 31, 2021
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Correct, brighter colours brought in for colour tv. I think we even changed our shorts to yellow for one season. That traditional maroon kit was the best in the league and would love the white lion idea for our away Fitzroy themed jumper.Yes I much prefer this to the red we play in away now. My understanding is that the traditional Fitzroy colours were never red, they were maroon, and the only reason they ever changed to red were for the same reason the West Indies played in pink and New Zealand wore beige: for crappy 70s and early 80s television.
But those with more life experience than I will be able to confirm or deny the above